Parallel Verses
King James Version
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
New American Standard Bible
And
Holman Bible
without letting the fatherless eat any of it—
International Standard Version
if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans,
A Conservative Version
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
American Standard Version
Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Amplified
Or have eaten my morsel [of food] alone,
And did not share it with the orphan
Bible in Basic English
If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;
Darby Translation
Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,
Julia Smith Translation
And eating my morsel alone, and the orphan ate not from it;
King James 2000
Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it;
Lexham Expanded Bible
or I have eaten my morsel {alone}, and [the] orphan has not eaten from it
Modern King James verseion
or have eaten my bit alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Have I eaten my portion alone, that the fatherless hath had no part with me?
NET Bible
If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans --
New Heart English Bible
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
The Emphasized Bible
Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof;
Webster
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten of it;
World English Bible
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Youngs Literal Translation
And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,
Themes
Beneficence » Instances of » Job
Love to man » Should be exhibited in » Visiting the sick, &c
Interlinear
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:11
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Deuteronomy 15:14
Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Job 22:7
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Job 29:12-16
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Ezekiel 18:7
And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Ezekiel 18:16
Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
Luke 11:41
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
John 13:29
For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
Acts 4:32
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Romans 12:13
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
1 John 3:17
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?